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La empresa líder en válvulas balón expandibles lanza también su válvula autoexpandible

Leading Manufacturer of Balloon-Expandable Valves Launches Self-Expanding Device

Leading Manufacturer of Balloon-Expandable Valves Launches Self-Expanding Device

Edwards Lifesciences could have been satisfied after the success of the PARTNER trials and the improvements to its balloon-expandable valve (mainly as regards the delivery system profile and paravalvular leak reduction) in its last model, SAPIEN 3. However, it was not. The company decided to keep going, developing a valve that is radically different from its

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VIVA Post-Market Study: More Evidence for the Valve-in-Valve Technique

Courtesy of the SBHCI. Bioprosthetic surgically-implanted valves degenerate over time, while patients become too old and are at high risk for reoperation.   Transcatheter aortic valve implantation inside a deteriorated surgically-implanted valve (a valve-in-valve procedure) is an emerging alternative.   The VIVA trial was designed to offer systematic and prospective data from patients treated with

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